Youth Mentoring: Amachi

YOUTH MENTORING

Amachi (Philadelphia, PA)

Who They Serve : Children of prisoners

What They Do : Recruit, train, and match adult mentors from congregations with children of prisoners

Brief Description :

Amachi is a partnership of secular and faith-based institutions through which volunteers recruited from congregations mentor children of prisoners. Working with Public/Private Ventures and Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania, Amachi recruits and screens volunteer mentors who are each then matched with a child. These at-risk children are transformed from children of prisoners to "children of promise" with the help of caring mentors. The painful and difficult event of losing a parent to incarceration can actually be productive in the child's life through a mentoring program such as Amachi.

Tip : Download the Amachi “how-to” manual here.